Lost Odyssey Free On Xbox

In celebration of 300 backward compatible titles coming to Xbox One, Microsoft are giving away Lost Odyssey for free to all Xbox gamers.

Xbox’s Live’s Major Nelson tweeted about the deal last night. Lost Odyssey will be available for free until the 31 December. He also tweeted that the JRPG Blue Dragon coming to backwards compatibility as well. Originally both Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon were only available by backwards compatibility if players had the original xbox 360 discs. It has now been confirmed that the game are available digital through the Xbox store.

The head of the Microsoft’s Xbox division, Phil Spencer, also tweeted that nearly half of all Xbox One owners now use backwards compatibility. The feature originally launched back in November 2015 and since then 300 games have come the the programme. You can check out the tweet below.

Now over 300 back compat titles. Nearly 50% of XB1 owners playing BC games is great to see. Thanks for supporting the program.

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